Onoulphus Edekossunus

Onoulphus Edekossunus (430-493) was a brother of Odoacer and Magister Militum per Illyricum from 477 to 479.

Biography
Onoulphus was the son of Edeko and the brother of Odoacer, Armatus, and Ethicon, and they came from the Heruli tribe. The brothers were raised at the court of Attila the Hun, and Onoulphus joined the Roman Army during the 470s. In 477, he was made commander-in-chief of the Balkan army of the Eastern Roman Empire following his brother's rise to power in Italia a year earlier, and he kept his office until 479, when he fell out of favor with the Byzantines. He went to his brother's court and took command of an army sent to fight the Rugi, destroying them and evacuating the remaining Romans to Italy. He remained loyal to his brother during his war against Theoderic the Great, and he was killed by archers while seeking refuge in a church during Theoderic's siege of Ravenna.